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L. K. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW.

TYPE TRANSPERRING APPARATUS.

Patented June 16, 1896.

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LQK. JOHNSON & A. A. LOW. TYPE TRANSFERRING APPARATUS.

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TYPE TRANSFERRING APPARATUS.

No. 562,078. Patented June 16, 1896.

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No. 562,078. Patented June 16, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE.

NE\V YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE- OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY,

TYPE-TRANSFERRING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 562,078, dated June 16,1896.

Application filed April 29, 1895.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoUIs KOSSUTH J OHN- soN and ABBOrAUGUsrUs Low,citizens of the United States,residingin the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in T ype-Transferrin g Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a specification, sufficient to enable others skilled in theart to which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

Types as ordinarily distributed by automatic apparatus are deposited inthe type-containing channels upon their flat or broad sides. In ourmethods of assembling and pie senting the types in groups upon theiredges, as in our several patents heretofore granted to us, it isdesirable that the types be arranged within the type-containing channelsin the setter upon their edges or lesser widths; otherwise they have tobe turned one-quarter round by mechanical expedients, the necessity forwhich it is our object to avoid.

' Our invention consists in a type-transferring device embodying thefeatures of construction substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of a portion of anapparatus embodying our improvements. Fig. 2 is an elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is avertical section taken upon line 3 3, Fig. 6, thetransfer-wheel, types, follower, &c., being omitted. Fig. 4is a verticalsection upon plane of line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is an elevation taken atright angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a plan, partially in section, to moreclearly show the construction and operation of the parts. Fig. 7 is avertical section upon plane of line 7 7, Fig. 6.

In carrying out our invention the essential features are the channel A,the transfer-wheel B, and the feed-channel O. The types 15 are fed intothe primary channel A by any suitable means, resting therein with theirflat or broad sides in contact with those next ad j oining.

Our apparatus may form a part of a typedistributing machine in which thetypes are distributed by the aid of nicks, or it may be an independentapparatus into which the dis- Serial No. 547,460. (No model.)

tribut'ed types are transferred by suitable means.

The types t are forwarded by means of a follower F, actuated by a weightf, through the medium of the cord f, connected with stud f secured tothe follower F, or by other automatic means. The side wall a of thegroove or channel A is slotted longitudinally, as at a, to allow themovement back and forth of the follower F.

The follower F presses the types consecutively against the periphery bof the transferwheel B and between the transfer-fingers b" of saidwheel, the peripheral spaces b between the radial fingers b each beingequivalent to the width of a broad or flat side of a type. The sideWalls 0 of the feed-channel C is recessed, as at c, to receive a littleOver one-fourth of the periphery of the roller B, so as to form upperand lower guiding-surfaces 9 above and below the transfer-wheel andopposite the end of the primary channel A, said guides g constitutingcontinuations of the fixed wall and guiding-surface c, of which theright-hand side of the feed-channel is formed. The other side wall, d,is adjustable with relation to the wall 0 to adapt the apparatus to aparticular thickness of type to be transferred to the type-containingchannel H. This adjustment of the side wall d may be effected in variousways.

In the drawings the plateD is formed with a slot cl, which allows of itsbeing moved longitudinally and clamped in the desired position by athumb-screw 01 the side wall a of the primary channel A and thecorresponding wall d of the slide D being offset and fitting together,substantially as shown in Fig. 3, so as to afford a continuous supportfor the type, irrespective of the spaces e, created to permit of theadjustment of the plate D.

The type-containing channel H, for use in the setter, may consist Of aplural type-containing channel such as described in our concurrentapplication, Serial No. 551,385, filed April 3, 1895, as indicated inFig. 6, or of ordinary type-containing channels H, presented singly, orin a sliding holder or galley 11*, as in Fig. 1.

The radial transfer-fingers b are preferably beveled or curved,substantially as shown in the drawings, to compensate for any slightvariation in alinement of the types and to facilitate theircentralization; but this is not indispensable, since the automaticfollower F will always force the types into the peripheral spaces b Itis obvious that a right angle between the two channels A and O is themost desirable, although any slight variation therefrom would notmaterially affect the utility of the invention or apparatus, since theessential feature is the changing of the course transversely of thetypes as they pass through the apparatus, so that while they rest upontheir flat sides against each other in the primary channel A they willpass into and through the feed-channel O, with their narrow edgesresting against each other.

By the use of our rotary transfer-wheel the change in the alinement ofthe types may be effected rapidly and with accuracy, and our inventionis the solution of a difficult prob lem heretofore attended upon ourmethod of presenting the types on their edges in the type-setting casefor assemblage and removal in plural number.

hat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

1. The combination of a type-containing channel of a width equal to thegreatest width of thetype, an automatic type forwarding and followingdevice in said primary channel, a second type-channel substantially atright angles to the first named and of less width, a

scribed.

2. A transferring apparatus formed with a primary channel of a widthequal to the greatest width of the type, a secondary channelsubstantially at right angles to the first and of less width, one sidewall of which latter a channel is adjustable to regulate the width ofsaid channel, and a rotary transferring device situated at the anglebetween the two channels for the purpose and substantially in the mannerdescribed.

3. A transfer apparatus formed with a primary channel of a width equalto the greatest width of the type, a secondary type-channel of lesswidth than the first, situated substantially at right angles to thelatter, a rotary transferring device situated at the angle between thesaid two channels, and guides above and below said rotary transferringdevice for the support of the types during transfer, substantially inthe manner and for the purpose described.

LOUIS KOSSUTII J OIINSON. ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOXV.

Vitnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, GEORGE WILLIAM MIATT.

